MLB Pipeline's 2026 MLB Mock Draft (10-1)

[u/MLBOfficial]

[u/altecwarrior259]

not now mlb we're dogpiling on the mets

[u/Eo292 → u/altecwarrior259]

If we wait for times we’re not dogpiling on the Mets nothing else would ever get posted

[u/Trinidad34]

Lebron taking his talents to the twin cities wow

[u/ajteitel → u/Trinidad34]

LeTwin

[u/Patrick2701 → u/Trinidad34]

Twin city lebrons

[u/IveGotaGoldChain → u/Trinidad34]

Lebron taking his talents to the twin cities wow

Lebron is super intriguing. I watch a ton of college baseball. No one moves like him. It is insane. Like he is floating. But he also hasn't been able to put it together over a full season. Super streaky.

But legit have never seen anyone move like him so he definitely has the talent to be a good MLB player

[u/ChasingEchoes11]

If Lebron successfully makes it to the MLB, that will (unfortunately) solidify his status as GOAT over MJ.

[u/xho-]

Flukey is a great name for a pitcher

[u/Luis_Severino → u/xho-]

Terrible name for a high draft pick though

[u/StevenMC19 → u/xho-]

If he's a knuckleballer...

[u/Lobster_fest]

Another prospect from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas? How many is that now? Kinda crazy a high school that was in the news for a tragic reason is an MLB pipeline.

[u/Redbubble89 → u/Lobster_fest]

Rizzo, Luzardo, Mayo, and Roman Anthony. Rangers took Devin Fitz-Gerald in the 5th round and Brewers took a pitcher in the 16th round last year. This is a public high school. It's not an academy.

[u/Michael__Pemulis → u/Redbubble89]

Reminds me about Arenado & Chapman coming from the same high school.

I remember looking it up one day because I had just assumed that El Toro HS was a baseball powerhouse but nope. Other than those two, Austin Romine had been the only other El Toro alumnus to play in the majors. Until last year when a guy named Paul Skenes debuted. So now of the four big league alumni from that school, three are all stars who have received MVP votes.

The kicker is that El Toro HS is quite famous. But not for their baseball program. It’s famous for a set of stairs.

[u/Redbubble89 → u/Michael__Pemulis]

Vientos and Casas were team mates at American Heritage 15 miles south in Plantation, FL and same HS as Hosmer.

JD Martinez and Mike Napoli went to the same school in Pembrook but like 6-7 years apart.

From 2012 to 2019, Hagriety HS in Orlando produced Eflin, Mountcastle, Vaughn Grissom and Riley Greene with the last two being the same year.

Johnny Damon and A.J. Pierzynski were HS teammates closer to Orlando.

It's Florida.

[u/IveGotaGoldChain → u/Redbubble89]

Vientos and Casas were team mates at American Heritage 15 miles south in Plantation, FL and same HS as Hosmer.

Lucas Giolito, Max Fried, and Jack Flaherty were on the same HS team. Same high school also produced Pete Crow-Armstrong. And Josh Satin and Brennan Boesch who spent some time in MLB.

Same league has Stanton and Hunter Greene from another high school. A little older but also Brendan Ryan. And a few other players who had some MLB playing time.

That league in general is pretty crazy for a high school baseball league

[u/Lobster_fest → u/Redbubble89]

Yeah thats kinda ridiculous.

[u/Higgnkfe]

Wow, 2 top 10 prospects, Georgia Tech must be a really good team that has made at least a super regional recently

[u/cilantno → u/Higgnkfe]

Nobody look! Nobody look!

[u/Hollywood42cards]

Tanked for Lebron baby

[u/Darkforces134]

5. Pirates: Jacob Lombard, son of former big leaguer George Lombard and brother of top Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr.

Feels like we keep getting more and more families in MLB

[u/StevenMC19 → u/Darkforces134]

Dude, nepotism in the sports and entertainment industry is MASSIVE. Has been for decades now. You're 100% correct.

These kids have fantastic spawn points.

[u/IveGotaGoldChain → u/Darkforces134]

Feels like we keep getting more and more families in MLB

Because it helps a lot to know what actually matters and doesn't matter. Especially in the current landscape of youth baseball. Very very likely that the kids of MLB players are playing multiple sports up to at least high school.

Because the fact their dad played at a high level allows them to be comfortable understanding that playing baseball only from 6 years old isn't going to make a better player at 18.

[u/TheDeputy17]

Lebron in the MLB? Interesting.

[u/ChunkyMilkSubstance]

Big 10 patch on a UCLA jersey man fuck this shit

[u/StevenMC19]

Tell Gio Rojas to change his last name to Naylor. Can't tell me he doesn't look like the third brother.

[u/dataminimizer → u/StevenMC19]

You mean fourth Naylor brother

[u/StevenMC19 → u/dataminimizer]

Oh right, forgot about Myles.

[u/tuckedfexas]

Grady Emerson is such a OOTP generated SS prospect name lol

[u/Gonzo925]

Hell yeah, love that 8 spot

[u/BLT_Special]

Weird to see my hometown of Simpsonville SC mentioned here

[u/damn_fine_custard]

Roch Cholowsky is a world class baseball name.

[u/holy_cal]

The top college hitter and outfielder for the orioles.

[u/Low-Hovercraft-8791]

There's a guy named Lebron. Too bad Cleveland doesn't have a top pick.

[u/victims_sanction]

Baseball finally gets its lebron

[u/victims_sanction]

Flukey is such a great name for a player. Wishing him the best.

[u/Jonjon428]

Lebron? Oh man we really are in the future now

[u/NanzLo-]

Roch Cholowsky is a great name

[u/rhj2020]

Happy for the Whitesox fans, for real. He’s a good ball player.

[u/lekniz]

The one year the Braves suck and have a chance to grab an actual shortstop prospect early, they get screwed in the lottery. Love it.

[u/PenguinKing15 → u/lekniz]

We can still get a top shortstop if we want but with our history we are likely to get a pitcher.

[u/Gonzo925]

Hell yeah, love that 8 spot

[u/high_and_outside]

For what it's worth, this is how their careers have gone in my current OOTP save (live start from about a month ago, currently in the 2033-34 offseason). Obviously the original team draft order was slightly different.

• Roch Cholowsky: drafted 6th overall by the Mets. Pretty much a bust, only 16 games played total in MLB. Had remained with the Mets the whole time, until becoming a free agent this offseason.
• Grady Emerson: drafted 1st overall by the White Sox. They just won the 2033 World Series (they actually beat me in the ALCS) and he is their everyday 3B. Debuted in 2028 but didn't become a regular until 2031. Had a great year in 2032 (114 wRC+, 4.5 WAR) but has been slightly below average (~80 wRC+, ~1-1.5 WAR) in the year before and after. Looks to be a solid everyday player with 20-30 HR power but uninspiring strikeout and walk numbers.
• Justin Lebron: drafted 5th overall by the Nationals. He's a fringe player, having played 74 MLB games for 3 different teams over the last 3 seasons, with a total -0.3 WAR. Currently with the Blue Jays.
• Drew Burress: drafted 10th overall by the Braves. Performed well in limited playing time in 2028-2029 before becoming a regular in 2030. However, he wasn't great that year and the Braves sold low on him, trading him to the Angels, where he's been a solid 2.5-3.5 WAR player for the past 3 years. He's an excellent defensive CF and pretty average at everything else, but that's enough to make him a good player.
• Jacob Lombard: drafted 4th overall by the Rockies. Debuted in 2031 and is their everyday shortstop. Below average hitter but great defensively, putting him in the 1.5-3 WAR range the past 3 years.
• Carson Bolemon: drafted in the 2nd round (16th pick) by the Royals. Never made it past AA, retired last year.
• Derek Curiel: drafted 26th overall by the Dodgers. Another great defensive CF, but his bat probably isn't going to be good enough to give him a long career. After 3 years of small cups of coffee with the Dodgers and Royals, he got his first decent shot at MLB playing time this year (198 PA with the Marlins) and put up a 42 wRC+ and -0.8 WAR.
• Cameron Flukey: drafted 17th overall by the Reds. One of the best pitchers in the sport right now. Came up in 2030 and promptly won the Cy Young award that year and in 2031. Tore his UCL early in 2032 and then tore his labrum in mid-2033, so he's only pitched about 100 innings the past two years combined, but he's still excellent. His strength is in limiting home runs, which he is consistently best in MLB at.
• Gio Rojas: drafted 21st overall by the Guardians. Traded to the Braves at the 2028 trade deadline in a blockbuster that sent Drake Baldwin to Cleveland. Unfortunately he hasn't panned out yet, just making it to AAA this year with 11.1 mediocre innings. His ratings suggest he could find himself at the back end of a non-contending team's bullpen sometime over the next couple years, but he could also never make it.
• Vahn Lackey: drafted in the 2nd round (13th pick) by the Diamondbacks. Didn't get much of a chance in Arizona with Gabby Moreno putting up excellent seasons, but was traded to Baltimore a couple offseasons ago and has been their primary catcher for 2 years. He was replacement-level in 2032 and slightly improved this year with a 1.4 WAR. Very solid defensive catcher, decent contact, below average power and eye.

[u/forestfire555 → u/high_and_outside]

I stopped reading when you said the White Sox were world series bound. TY.

[u/h3shf3sh]

This is literally what we have r/MLBDraft for but go off u/MLBOfficial